Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 208.9 x 113 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In this late painting by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, the luminous figure of Christ appears against…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Nu féminin assis (Seated Female Nude) c.1916 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 59.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of a series of celebrated female nudes which Modigliani painted in 1916 and 1917. His unusual…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nevermore 1897 Oil paint on canvas, 60.5 x 116 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Paul Gauguin painted Nevermore in February 1897, during his second and final stay in Tahiti, an island in the southern Pacific colonised by France. Intended…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Effet d’automne à Argenteuil (Autumn Effect at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 55 x 74.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Claude Monet lived in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, from 1871 to 1878. It was an affordable…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place Lafayette, Rouen 1883 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of 17 paintings produced by Camille Pissarro in 1883, during his first visit to the northern French city of…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (F 527, JH 1657) 1889 Oil on canvas, 50 x 60.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This famous painting, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh, expresses his artistic power and…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin (Montagne Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine) c.1887 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 92.3 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Montagne Sainte-Victoire, with its distinctive craggy, broken top, dominates the countryside surrounding Paul Cézanne’s…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the finest Renaissance drawings, The Dream is amongst The Courtauld’s greatest treasures. The meaning of this enigmatic work is elusive,…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam and Eve 1526 Oil on panel, 117 x 80 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Adam and Eve are depicted at the fateful moment when they disobey God and commit the first sin. The story…